National Association of Asian American Professionals:
North Carolina Venture
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
NAAAP is a national, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization where
Asian American professionals work together across the country to
empower Asian American leadership, overcome barriers that impede our success, promote active participation within the
community, and encourage Asian Americans to go into underrepresented
professions.
Spanning many national origins and generations of acculturation,
Asian Americans do not unite around a common language, culture, or
tradition. Instead, we acknowledge a shared history of racial
discrimination that, unfortunately, continues to shape our
society. NAAAP defines its membership and missions along racial
lines because race is relevant to the way we are perceived and treated
as Americans and as professionals.
Contrary to the widespread "model minority" myth, Asian Americans have
not been disproportionately successful; nor do we yet enjoy equal
opportunities for economic, social and political advancement. As
Asian American professionals, we recognize a special responsibility to
engage with one another, with our professions, and with our community in addressing these
issues. Accordingly, NAAAP-NC is firmly committed to
encouraging open
dialogue on issues of race and undertaking activities to promote racial
equality and social
justice in our workplaces, in our community, and across the nation.
The NAAAP-NC Forum
Most online communication among NAAAP-NC officers and members takes place via the
NAAAP-NC Forum. You are strongly encouraged to
visit the Forum on a regular basis, register, and post messages. There you will find
announcements of upcoming
NAAAP events, as well as other official
communications such as newsletters and minutes.
2004-05 Officers
Hector Javier, President
heckjavier@yahoo.com
Judy Tseng, Secretary/Vice President
judytseng2001@yahoo.com
John Chen, Treasurer
john1996a@yahoo.com
Ellen Sung, Newsletter Editor
ellenwei@yahoo.com
Board Members: My Ha Hoang, myhahoang@hotmail.com;
Hector Javier, heckjavier@yahoo.com; Natalie Kikkawa; Chris Chinh Nguyen chinh.nguyen@FVNA.com;
Quynh Nguyen, tam_quynh@yahoo.com;
Riteesh Singh, riteesh@hotmail.com;
Ted Suh, tedsuh88@hotmail.com;
Jack Tang, jtang@nc.rr.com; Poh Boon
Ung, pbung@ter.com; Virginia Vazquez,
vvvazquez@nc.rr.com; Michael Wu,
mswu99@hotmail.com;
Julia Yip
Fundraising Co-Chairs: John Chen & Michael Wu
Communications Chair: Ted Suh
Community Affairs Chair: Quynh
Nguyen & Poh Ung
Cultural Co-Chairs: Judy Tseng & Jack Tang
External Affairs Co-Chairs: Riteesh Singh
Social Co-Chairs: Virginia
Vasquez & Riteesh Singh
Professional Development Chair: Hector Javier
Past President: Ted Suh
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